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Posts Tagged characters

Character goals and story goals

On July 15, 2020   /   Writing  
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Characters vs. Plot

On June 3, 2020   /   Writing  
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Walk-ons with Character

On February 12, 2020   /   Writing  
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Uncooperative Characters

On February 5, 2020   /   Writing  
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Why They Fail the First Time

On January 29, 2020   /   Writing  
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“Why me?” asked the protagonist.

On December 4, 2019   /   Writing  
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What They Want … Really?

On November 6, 2019   /   Writing  
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Which Story, Which Hero

On August 21, 2019   /   Writing  
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One reason Characters are a pain

On August 7, 2019   /   Writing  
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Why this question annoys me

On July 17, 2019   /   Writing  
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